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General papers and correspondence on Albania, including: letters to Sir Andrew Ryan [British Minister in Albania]; notes for an account of British representation in Albania and on the Italian invasion in 1939, including a dispatch from Ryan to the Foreign Office.

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Correspondence on Albanian affairs, particularly the National Committee for Free Albania and the Albanian Refugee Committee, with correspondents including: John Selwyn Lloyd, Minister of State, Foreign Office (2); [Robert] Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary [later 1st Lord Avon].

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The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.

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Correspondence on a compensation claim from a Margaret Hasluck for war damage suffered by her property in Albania.

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Cuttings (mainly Italian), chiefly on Italy’s invasion of Albania in 1939, with some later cuttings on Albania and its neighbouring countries.

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Was previously labelled as "Among the Highland Clans".

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Was intended to be chapter 52, but was not included in the published volume.

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Was previously labelled as "The Albanian Chapter" and "Austrian might have been".

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Was previously labelled as "First Albanian Chapter".

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Was previously labelled as "Second Albanian Chapter". Includes brief notes by JA on his parachute jumps, and copies of telegrams on being slightly wounded and a suggestion that he should become prospective candidate for Preston [Lancashire];

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with various newspaper editors and others, including Sir Timothy Bell, Charles Moore, Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Professor [Ivor] Norman Davies, Advisory Editor of the Companion to the Second World War, on letters and articles by JA on subjects including: Virgin Airlines' libel case against British Airways; the Maastricht Treaty; the war in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia];...

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Correspondence between JA and the Albanian resistance leader, on subjects including Albanians in exile, JA's memoirs "Sons of the Eagle" and the education of Kupi's son, and also correspondence between Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] and Leo Amery on the possibility of financial assistance for Kupi.

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Subjects include Albanian refugees in Italy and JA's memoirs "Sons of the Eagle".

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Comprising pen-and-ink and watercolour sketches.
Including views of Dartmouth; Albania; the Seychelles; Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Aden; India; and Corfu in the Ionian Islands.

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Copies of material sent out by King Leka I of Albania on the situation in Albania, including an appeal on behalf of the Military Council for the Liberation of Ethnic Albania, an account of King Leka's arrest in Thailand and press cuttings on Albania.

Scope and Contents Correspondence on subjects including the political situation in Albania, a memorial to British war dead, the Anglo-Albanian Association, development of Albanian oil resources and a visit to Albania in 1991 by JA, David Smiley and Alan Hare, with correspondents including: Stephen Nash, Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy, Tirana (3); Sali Berisha, President of Albania (4); Douglas Hogg, Minister of State, Foreign Office [later 3rd Lord Hailsham] on subjects including the British...

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Correspondence with and on King Leka on subjects including the political situation in Albania.

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For broadcasts to Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Rumania [Romania], Spain, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]

Scope and Contents Letters from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes to Bower on subjects including: concerns expressed by Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty] about the lack of co-operation between the different Air Forces, Churchill's view on the Admiralty's use of aircraft and a memorandum on the subject by Bower; inaccurate broadcasts; Keyes's attempts to advise Churchill on getting what the Navy required; keeping the Fleet Air Arm free of interference from the RAF. Also includes a...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: JA's idea for Balkan Federation; JA's frustration with his health and trying to find a new posting; the Cairo Conference, Nov 1943; trying to find a Parliamentary seat in partnership with Randolph Churchill; a visit to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia; the situation in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; joining the British mission in Albania; serving on the staff of General Carton de Wiart, Winston...

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Includes photographs of JA himself and his colleagues Alan Hare, [Neil] Billy McLean, Peter Kemp, John Hibberdine and David Smiley.

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Includes photographs of JA himself and his colleagues Alan Hare, [Neil] Billy McLean, Peter Kemp, John Hibberdine and David Smiley.

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Includes photographs of JA himself and his colleagues Alan Hare, [Neil] Billy McLean, Peter Kemp, John Hibberdine and David Smiley.

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Photographs of JA, on subjects including his Second World War mission to Albania (some used in his book "Sons of the Eagle"), and official visits and ministerial photographs, particularly of JA as Secretary of State for Air, Minister of Aviation and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Photographs of JA, on subjects including his Second World War mission to Albania (some used in his book "Sons of the Eagle"), and official visits and ministerial photographs, particularly of JA as Secretary of State for Air, Minister of Aviation and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.